Chapter 18

• The wedding was on Saturday evening, but we’d flown in early because Darcy had stressed that it was important to her to spend some time with her son before the nuptials. Jared was also worried that Brandi and his mother hadn’t bonded enough…whatever that meant. But I was glad to have a little extra time on our schedule so all of the pre-wedding preparations wouldn’t feel rushed.
• “Fuck,” Jared groaned while thumbing out a text. “What’s up?”
• “I asked my Aunt Amelia to find mom a date to the wedding and she just told me that mom refused to even consider it.”